Can Exercise Rewire How We Remember Stress?
Why Do Some Stressful Memories Stay? Have you ever wondered why your brain holds onto a stressful moment like a high-definition movie, while other memories just...
Tag: Mental Health
It’s Not “Mental Illness” It’s Brain Health
“Mental Illness” Mental illness is often a scary phrase. It’s thought of in association with the words “disorder,” “sick,” or even worse, “crazy.” People often ...
Behind Antisocial Personality Disorder
Antisocial Personality Disorder is characterized by aggression, impulsivity, and lack of empathy that can lead to criminal behavior.1 Terms such as psychopathic...
The Making of a Psychopath
What is a psychopath? Most likely when you think of a psychopath, you probably think of a person like Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, and John Wayne Gacy. Although t...
The Maze of the Mind: Navigating the Complexities of Schizophrenia
Artstract by Timea Vrabcová (using DALL.E) Schizophrenia is a complex mental disorder that is characterized by a range of symptoms including delusions, hallucin...
Your Weight Is Completely Under Your Control: The Sneaky Myth Linking Obesity and Moral Failure
Susan Greenhalgh’s 2015 book Fat Talk Nation: The Human Costs of America’s War on Fat, identifies the idea that “Weight is under individual control; virtually e...
The Science and Reality Behind Concussions
Today, we hear about different famous athletes getting concussions all of the time. Or even friends who have taken a rough fall. To receive a concussion in toda...
Where Did My Car Keys Go? Alzheimers in a Nutshell
Everybody has a family member with alzheimers or knows somebody that does. It seems like that rates of this neurodegenerative disorder are going up, but is this...
Pregnancy and Autism: Can I Prevent My Child From Developing Autism?
Why the panic? Autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are becoming more prevalent as the years continue to pass, with about 1 in 68 children diagnosed with ...
The Anxious Mind
Where am I going in life? Why did I just say that? Oh my gosh I’m going to fail this class because I did bad on one test. These are all thoughts caused by...